{"id":35918,"date":"2018-11-02T14:16:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T19:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=35918"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:04:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T21:04:37","slug":"food-pyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/food-pyramid\/","title":{"rendered":"UrbanMatter&#8217;s Definitive Chicago Food Pyramid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here in Chicago, we take pride in our culinary accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Home to some of the world&#8217;s greatest chefs and their mouth-watering innovations, Chicago has such a vast variety of delectable food groups that we thought it might be best to sort them into our very own food pyramid of greatness, Ron Swanson-style.<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0our legendary deep dish pizza to our relish-topped Chicago dog\u2014hold the ketchup\u2014there&#8217;s nothing quite as delicious as some of our most iconic confections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Food_Pyramid.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramid\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Featured\u00a0Photo Credit: Lou Malnati&#8217;s Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in Chicago, we take pride in our culinary accomplishments. 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